Ashrafizadeh Seyed Ali - Mass and energy balances: basic principles for calculation, design, and optimization of macro/nano systems

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Mass and energy balance (MEB) analyses are the first steps in the calculations for an engineering process. They are useful tools for chemical, mechanical, energy, and environment engineers. Engineers will have a better understanding of the principles of thermodynamics when they have a good perception of MEB. MEB is at the roots of the important issues such as process design and system optimization . In reality, we do see a large number of engineering graduates who have many difficulties in this regard.

Although this book aims at undergraduate students in the engineering fields mentioned above, it can also be used by professionals with similar training backgrounds. With about 15 years of teaching experience, we decided to publish this work so that it can reach more people in the world. In this book, we have tried to explain the materials in a simple way, and the practice problems are solved by relatively new techniques than many existing references.

Following a brief introduction to basic concepts, Chaps. focuses on the simultaneous calculation of energy and mass balances, which finds many applications in industries.

Chapter is devoted to nanotechnology-related subjects. It aims to provide a state-of-the-art literature review in mass and energy balances for nanoparticles and nanoscale thermodynamics. Due to the complexity of thermodynamic properties of nanoparticles, some thermodynamic methods are introduced to mass and energy balances so that calculations can be carried out more easily.

This book focuses on basic principles for the calculation, design and optimization of industrial devices and equipment such as energy, chemical, petroleum, and other industries. It aims primarily at undergraduate students in chemical, mechanical, energy, and environmental engineering; it can also be used as a reference book for technical staff and design engineers who are interested in basics of process engineering. In addition, new materials are introduced in mass and energy balances for nanoparticles in Chap..

We try to explain the concepts in a simple way and hope you can take the full advantage of these resources. Note that reading and listening are not learning, and most of us learn by experience and practice. Therefore, a great amount of real-life examples are used in the book. For students, we recommend you to read the objectives before lectures and work with someone else to exchange ideas and discuss the materials delivered in class. Also try to solve the practice problems listed at the end of each chapter, and compare your approaches with others. You may need calculators or computer programs to solve the problems. Graphs and tables are given at the end of the book as appendices. Users are strongly encouraged to get familiar with the tables and curves before attempting the example and practice problems.

Last but not least, our thanks go to all the individuals and organizations that have contributed and supported our work herein. Our special thanks go to Mr. Beham Alinejad, who helped to collect part of the materials in this book. Suppl emental materials including solution to practice problems can be found at http://tan.uwaterloo.ca/book.html . We look forward to your feedback and comments.